Jonathan O’Callaghan @Astro_Jonny Twitter profile

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3 years

Behold, the first new close-up image of Jupiter's moon Ganymede in 20 years, just released from NASA's Juno spacecraft!

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Someone declined an interview with me because they said their discovery was "too small" and not worth reporting. Which is... a bit sad.

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6 years

One more.

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The Reddit crows story is the feel-good news we all need right now

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5 years

This appears to be an official news source claiming the #VikramLander is intact on the surface of the Moon.

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ISRO Sources confirms me that "Lander found 500m away from the actual landing spot. Seen from OHRC (Optical High Resolution Camera) image and it is intact. Trying to send commands from Bangalore control center." @ABPNews

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2 years

I hate to alarm everyone but the JWST has imaged a galaxy that looks exactly like the JWST

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3 years

@shockproofbeats Got to be this from the New York Times, printed the day after Apollo 11 launched to the Moon, 17 July 1969.

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3 years

This ongoing fascination with "spaceflight OR save the world" continues to irk me. Blue Origin et al are business at the end of the day. Why not call for all Hollywood movie production to cease? Football to be scrapped? Royal yachts to be sold?

Prince William: Saving Earth should come before space tourism

The prince says great minds should focus "on trying to repair this planet" not exploring space.

www.bbc.co.uk

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3 years

So, a small helicopter NASA is about to fly on Mars might do something pretty awesome. The blades of the helicopter might electrically charge the Martian dust, causing it to... Glow in the dark! Words by me @NewScientist and short thread (1/x)

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2 years

JWST may have already broken the record for the earliest known galaxy in the universe. Announced today, it's called GLASS-z13, and dates back just 300m years after the Big Bang. Next up? Seeing the first galaxies to switch on. Words by me @NewScientist

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4 years

Why does he speak in full and coherent sentences?

TIME

@TIME

4 years

Watch: “I pledge to be a President who seeks not to divide, but to unify; who doesn’t see red states or blue states, only sees the United States.” Joe Biden delivers a speech to the nation for the first time as President-elect

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2 years

Big JWST story coming out tomorrow

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5 years

I think it's happened, people. Voyager 2 appears to have left the Solar System, becoming the second interstellar spacecraft after Voyager 1 in August 2012. Expecting some sort of announcement from NASA tomorrow.

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6 years

So let's take a look at that Dominic Raab chap eh. Surely can't be any worse than David D- Oh. Oh god no.

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3 years

Such a cool image. NASA's Curiosity rover sampling the surface of Mars last week.

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2 years

This is the incredible launch system NASA is currently developing to return from Mars. It's called VECTOR, and will very literally throw the rocket into the Martian sky, which will ignite in mid-air and launch to space. Wild? Yes! Read more by me @SciAm

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4 years

I can't believe it, these days. Astronauts, so small. But they go to space. Tiny, tiny astronauts. Big space.

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5 years

Fun fact: #Opportunity has been on Mars since January 2004, longer than Facebook (February 2004), Twitter (2006), and the iPhone (2007) have existed.

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2 years

Per a story I'm writing, NASA's new spacesuits for the moon must be able to cope with half a liter of vomit.

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3 years

"Your pieces of asteroid, sir" #Hayabusa2

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2 years

Our models of the early universe get better every day

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5 years

So, I've just had it confirmed from another ESA source that #SpaceX refused to move their #Starlink satellite when they were alerted to the risk of collision with #Aeolus , which was 1 in 1,000, ten times higher than the threshold for a collision avoidance manoeuvre. (1/5)

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5 years

Looks like this basically confirms some earlier speculation about #VikramLander . The lander is in one piece, but is not flat on its landing legs.

IndiaToday

@IndiaToday

5 years

#Breaking "The lander is there as a single piece, not broken into pieces. It's in a tilted position," an #ISRO official associated with the mission claimed #Chandrayaan2 #VikramLander #ISROweareproudofyou #ISROSpotsVikram #IndiaWithISRO

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7 years

This colour-changing hair dye from @_seetheunseen is pretty awesome

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5 years

Space Twitter right now.

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3 years

This is very cool. The hole blasted by China's Mars lander when it touched down on the Red Planet.

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1 year

I told them it was cool!

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5 years

Brexit Series Finale - MPs vote against no deal - EU refuses to extend Article 50 deadline - Theresa May announces vote to revoke Article 50 - MPs vote in favour - Article 50 revoked - Brexit cancelled - Life goes back to normal The End

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4 years

SCOOP In a complete coincidence, a European and Japanese spacecraft is about to fly past Venus in a matter of weeks. And, excitingly, the team is going to try and confirm the presence of phosphine, a possible indicator of life. Words, by me, @Forbes

In A Complete Fluke, A European Spacecraft Is About To Fly Past Venus – And Could Look For Signs Of...

On Monday, September 14, a team of scientists said they had found evidence for phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus.

www.forbes.com

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4 years

Oh my god if you zoom in it actually said "Trump" originally How, how did we elect these idiots.

Boris Johnson

@BorisJohnson

4 years

Congratulations @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris

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2 months

Holy crap. Two satellites missed each other by LESS THAN 20 METERS in space earlier today according to LeoLabs

LeoLabs

@LeoLabs_Space

2 months

Too close for comfort. 😳 At ~06:30 UTC today we observed a conjunction at 608 km between two non-maneuverable spacecraft: a derelict Russian satellite and an operational NASA satellite. Miss distance = <20 meters Probability of collision = 3 to 8% at TCA

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To put it another way, these two objects moving at 4 miles a second just missed each other by the length of a tennis court. They would have increased the total amount of debris in space by half if they had collided.

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3 years

Very cool. First image of Mars from the UAE's @HopeMarsMission

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The Queen should spend more time trying to repair this planet rather than preparing for her Platinum Jubilee

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2 years

New JWST pic just dropped The Tarantula Nebula, 340 light-years across

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4 years

So, a story I've been working on... The FCC may have wrongly ignored US environmental law in approving SpaceX's Starlink mega constellation (and other satellites). Were it to be sued, it would likely lose. Story below @SciAm , and thread to follow (1/)

The FCC's Approval of SpaceX's Starlink Mega Constellation May Have Been Unlawful

A new paper suggests that the agency broke U.S. environmental law in its approval of the satellites and that if it were to be sued in court, it would likely lose

www.scientificamerican.com

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3 years

Astronomers have found a giant object up to 370km across flying into our solar system. It could be a minor planet or 'mega comet', and will reach the orbit of Saturn in 2031 – close enough to send a mission to study it. Words by me @NewScientist

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3 years

And Perseverance image of Ingenuity above the ground. So cool.

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7 years

Yes, you can grow potatoes on #Mars , according to the International Potato Center (that is a real thing) @Cipotato

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5 years

The first gravitational waves were discovered four years ago this Saturday. Time flies! Now, dozens of discoveries later, astronomers are starting to reap the rewards of what they can teach us. My latest story, for @SciAm

The Gravitational-Wave "Revolution" Is Underway

As the fourth anniversary of the first detection approaches, the field continues to mature—with a bright future ahead

www.scientificamerican.com

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3 years

My regular daydream is that I become a billionaire and fund my own high-risk $500m space mission to an icy moon of the outer solar system to look for life.

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5 years

Here's a remarkable animation of #gb00234 , which may be our second known interstellar visitor, taken by astronomer Gennady Borisov - who discovered the object. 2l/Borisov, perhaps? (source: )

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5 years

So much misinformation being shared about the #VikramLander at the moment. For one, this image being shared is not a picture of the lander. It is the Apollo 15 lunar landing site.

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5 years

Wow. This is footage from @UniOfSurrey showing their #RemoveDEBRIS satellite firing a harpoon at a target in Earth orbit. This technology could be used to remove space junk from orbit in future. Incredible.

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1 year

This was absolutely one of the coolest shots

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1 year

IAU issues a statement on the BlueWalker 3 satellite, now confirmed as one of the brightest objects in the night sky. “BlueWalker 3 is a big shift in the constellation satellite issue and should give us all reason to pause”

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4 years

Reminder, tomorrow NASA is going to grab up to two kilograms of rocks from the surface of an asteroid. No space mission beyond the Moon has ever attempted such a large sample return before.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx Seeks to Grab a Piece of Asteroid Bennu

The spacecraft’s first attempt to gather material from the space rock’s surface could become the largest nonlunar sample return in history

www.scientificamerican.com

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5 years

Here's the story for all coming to this thread.

SpaceX Declined To Move A Starlink Satellite At Risk Of Collision With A European Satellite

The European Space Agency (ESA) says one of its satellites was forced to avoid a satellite from SpaceX’s Starlink constellation, raising concerns about the impact of Starlink on low Earth orbit...

www.forbes.com

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3 years

A reminder that TOMORROW (!!!) a Japanese spacecraft will return pieces of an asteroid to Earth – the biggest asteroid haul in history. In about 20 hours the spacecraft will release its capsule, which will touch down in the Australian outback at about 5.45pm UTC on 5 December.

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4 years

Scientists just released the highest resolution images of the Sun ever taken - heralding a new "golden age" of solar research in the 2020s. Words, by me, @SciAm

Home Star Stunner: Best Ever Images of Solar Surface Herald New Era

Scientists have released the first pictures from a new telescope in Hawaii, one of three missions expected to redefine our understanding of our home star in the 2020s

www.scientificamerican.com

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2 years

Is there a way these won't destroy the night sky/make radio astronomy impossible?

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6 years

This is frickin' amazing – the moment a space junk net was fired by @SurreySat 's #RemoveDEBRIS spacecraft in orbit on 16 September. This is real footage, not an animation.

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5 years

Okay, I think we've got enough sources now to confirm @isro has an image (seems to be optical not thermal as some are reporting) of the #VikramLander on the surface of the Moon, and they are trying to make contact with it. So... are we counting that as a successful landing?

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7 months

Whoa. The FCC has issued a fine on space debris for the first time to a company that didn't deorbit its satellite properly. It's a fine of $150,000 and "an admission of liability from the company". Could have fairly big implications for future space junk incidents?

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@hankgreen Me neither until now!

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JWST has imaged its first exoplanet! The world, HIP 65426 b, is a "super Jupiter" nearly 400 light-years away. This is a huge milestone for the telescope, and just the start of its transformational studies of alien worlds. Story by me @QuantaMagazine

Webb Space Telescope Snaps Its First Photo of an Exoplanet | Quanta Magazine

The grainy image of a “super-Jupiter” is a sign of what’s to come as the telescope’s exoplanet observations ramp up.

www.quantamagazine.org

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6 years

There is a Japanese spacecraft called Hayabusa 2 ( @haya2e_jaxa ) arriving at an asteroid in the next few days. It hasn’t had a lot of love or attention yet. But this mission is FRICKING AWESOME. I’m going to tell you why. Thread (1/n)

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1 year

Apropos of really absolutely nothing, the star Betelgeuse is the size of Jupiter's orbit around our sun

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4 years

Hi everyone. Please meet Violet Elizabeth O'Callaghan, born yesterday, Wednesday 5 August at 6.52pm weighing a hefty 9lbs! Mum and baby (and Dad!) all doing well.

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@awithist_ @jayforeman This makes me feel very old

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Heartbreaking that it appears NASA's Opportunity rover has met its end. What an amazing mission - nearly 15 years active on Mars, more than 28 miles traveled, and some simply stunning images like this one. Farewell #Oppy

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As of yet SpaceX has not responded to a request for comment on this. I'll have a story up on @Forbes soon with full quotes. (5/5)

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Last night, two astronomers were hoping to observe stars in a pair of nearby galaxies with a telescope in Chile. Instead, they were greeted to the sight of 19 passing satellites in SpaceX's Starlink mega constellation. Story below, by me, @Forbes

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4 years

Also, our friend's neighbour in Stockport puts a different bear display outside their house every day. This is today.

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4 years

Yesterday, scientists announced a major discovery that raised the question: Could there be life on Venus? My latest for the @nytimes looks into the bold mission from @RocketLab that could launch as soon as 2023, years before anyone else, to find out.

The Search for Life on Venus Could Start With This Private Company (Published 2020)

Rocket Lab may be able to send a small spacecraft to probe the clouds of Venus long before NASA or other space agencies are able to do so.

www.nytimes.com

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8 months

Small request for India to stop naming every space mission "Vikram"

Indian Tech & Infra

@IndianTechGuide

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🚨 Indian Space startup 'Skyroot Aerospace' from Hyderabad is planning to launch India's private orbital rocket 'Vikram 1' this year itself. @PawanKChandana

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Quite the find at a Georgian flea market today - a Soviet press badge that is apparently from the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975. Pretty chuffed with this!

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In case you missed it, we got some footage earlier today from Japan's second Hayabusa2 ( @haya2e_jaxa ) asteroid landing on 11 July. Yes, it's awesome.

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Say what you like about their Moon plans, but NASA sure can do logos.

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Artemis is a real program now: it has a logo just revealed on NASA TV.

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A massive satellite being launched tomorrow could become the brightest artificial object in the sky. Built by AST SpaceMobile, the experimental satellite is nearly half the size of a tennis court, and could outshine Venus. Story by me @NewScientist

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3 years

Sky crane 2 - Mars 0

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China's Chang'e-4 mission may have discovered signs of the lunar mantle on the far side of the Moon. Which is super cool. Latest, by me, for @SciAm

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Tonight, at 12.11am UK time, China will attempt to land a rover on Mars. If successful, it will become only the second nation after the US to operate on the Martian surface (the Soviets came close). It's a big deal, so I thought I'd lay out a few things in a little thread (1/x)

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As to why Aeolus had to move and not Starlink, my source just said "in space there are no rules". Basically, SpaceX said they wouldn't move. So Aeolus had to move. (ESA said they were glad they knew one way or the other, however) (4/5)

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This was so weird I had to write about it. Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa wants "single women aged 20 or over" to apply to fly on a SpaceX spacecraft with him around the Moon in 2023 in a bizarre matchmaking venture. Words by me @Forbes

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3 years

Had my first article in the print edition of The New York Times yesterday! Very exciting.

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Behold, the highest-resolution video of the Sun ever taken, released today. Credit: NSO/NSF/AURA Link for more info:

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Hey Twitter, some happier news in amongst all the doom and gloom... We have a new space fan joining our ranks! Little baby girl due in August.

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Lift-off for @isro 's #Chandrayaan2 on its way to the Moon!

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ESA have been pretty frustrated with SpaceX so far. There has been very little communication regarding Starlink, despite repeated attempts by ESA to contact them (this is the first email SpaceX had sent). (3/5)

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Quick 🧵 on concerns around AST SpaceMobile's massive new satellite, BlueWalker 3, launching tomorrow. The experimental satellite will test if AST can directly beam 4G/5G from space to individual mobile phones. This requires a huge antenna, which could be extremely bright... 1/

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4 years

Astronomy, meet Starlink again. This is pretty wild. Gif source:

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5 years

Sound waves might carry mass, which is cooler than you think. My latest for @SciAm

Sound by the Pound: Surprising Discovery Hints Sonic Waves Carry Mass

Some sounds might possess a tiny but measurable amount of negative gravitational mass

www.scientificamerican.com

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"These satellites would be about 7 meters long, and the antenna would fold out to be about 5 meters on a side, or roughly 25 square meters." 😬

Forget 5G wireless, SpaceX and T-Mobile want to offer Zero-G coverage

"So it's really quite a difficult technical challenge."

arstechnica.com

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3 years

So, I'm very excited to share this today! I've been working on this for months, having first had the idea a year ago. It's a 200-year-old cosmic whodunnit, which could reveal the origins of every planet in the universe. By me @SciAm + small thread (1/)

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SpaceX sent a short email to ESA saying they would not move their satellite. It's not clear why - they didn't mention if the satellite was active or not, apparently (ESA weren't even aware what the satellite was). (2/5)

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My interview with @ProfBrianCox : "It's very difficult to argue with an idiot"

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This is extremely cool. These researchers used a wok as a telescope to measure the 21cm emission from neutral hydrogen in the Milky Way.

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We may have found another interstellar object in the Solar System - and it'll give us a greater insight into an alien solar system than ever before. My latest for @SciAm , with quotes from the discoverer Gennady Borisov.

A Second Interstellar Object May Be Streaking through Our Solar System

The “fluke” find of a possible visitor from another star after the 2017 discovery of ‘Oumuamua offers thrilling scientific opportunities

www.scientificamerican.com

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2 years

In honour of Shackleton's ship Endurance being found this week, we took a trip to see the James Caird at @DulwichCollege today! This is the boat Shackleton and five of his crew travelled in from Elephant Island to South Georgia over 17 days. Pretty incredible.

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Wowza. Chinese space station dodges SpaceX Starlink satellites, sends note to UN.

CNSA Watcher

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🚨United Nation (Vienna) received a note verbale from Permanent Mission of China about USA #SpaceX ’s two StarLink satellites (No.1095&2305) close encounters w/ #Tiangong Space Station (CSS) on July 1 & Oct 21. No.2305 actively maneuvered with unknown strategy & orbit error. (1/2)

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Climate change is shrinking our atmosphere. It could be a disaster for space junk. - Since 2000, our atmosphere at 400km has lost 21% of its density - If CO2 keeps rising we could lose 80% by 2100, increasing space junk levels 50x Words by me @nytimes

What if Space Junk and Climate Change Become the Same Problem? (Published 2021)

Changes to the atmosphere caused by carbon dioxide emissions could increase the amount of debris that stays in orbit.

www.nytimes.com

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5 years

Gained about 500 followers today and broke 4,000. Thanks Indian Twitter! 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🌗🌗🌗

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Wait wait wait wait Amazon's new space division is called... ASS?

Amazon Web Services launches a dedicated aerospace and satellite business | TechCrunch

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is upping its space industry game with a dedicated business unit called Aerospace and Satellite Solutions (as first reported by

techcrunch.com

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1 year

Super excited to share this. Astronomers say they may have seen a hint of helium-2 in the early universe using JWST. It could be a first sign of Pop III stars, the first stars in the cosmos. Pretty amazing discovery if true. Words by me @QuantaMagazine

Astronomers Say They Have Spotted the Universe’s First Stars | Quanta Magazine

Theory has it that “Population III” stars brought light to the cosmos. The James Webb Space Telescope may have just glimpsed them.

www.quantamagazine.org

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Jonathan O’Callaghan

@Astro_Jonny

5 years

Why is no rover targeting one of these locations? Look at all that water ice. You think this would be the first place we'd land on Mars.

European Space Agency

@esa

5 years

A beautiful #winter wonderland... on #Mars ! This ice-filled crater was imaged by our Mars Express spacecraft. Korolev crater is 82 kilometres across and found in the northern lowlands of Mars. More images:

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Jonathan O’Callaghan

@Astro_Jonny

3 years

Lucy JWST Dart JUICE Psyche ExoMars Europa Clipper Dragonfly Comet Interceptor DAVINCI+ VERITAS Space reporters gonna be busy for a while.

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Jonathan O’Callaghan

@Astro_Jonny

5 years

Piers Morgan is going to be livid when he finds out that Federer didn't acknowledge every supporter when signing autographs. Just you wait.

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Jonathan O’Callaghan

@Astro_Jonny

2 years

NASA and SpaceX are about to launch the two largest rockets in history: SLS and Starship. Now astronomers are dreaming of what science missions these gigantic machines will make possible, from giant telescopes to Pluto orbiters. Words by me @SciAm

SpaceX's Starship and NASA's SLS Could Supercharge Space Science

Scientists are beginning to dream of how a new generation of super-heavy-lift rockets might enable revolutionary space telescopes and bigger, bolder interplanetary missions

www.scientificamerican.com

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